Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alien experiment (Lilo & Stitch)

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The result of the debate was Keep. but article has been redirected since vfd vote came up. Woohookitty 10:07, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Alien experiment (Lilo & Stitch)

This page is exceptionally long and not really at all encyclopedic, frankly. No references are provided for any of the material, and it is written in a slightly strange informal narrative. It is simply a list of said characters interspersed with annotations, not an article on the subject. I am not sure whether this is nonsense or not, but either way it should be deleted. --NicholasTurnbull 00:09, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

• Delete - (largely) unverifiable fancruft; non-encyclopedic. Rob Church ^{Talk | Desk} 00:13, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete -- Fancruft, as above. Stlemur 00:16, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
• I've worked extensively on this article in the past and most of it is not fancruft. Some past revisions of the article were a lot worse and basically summarized entire episodes of the show. There have been times when erroneous entries and information have been added and this is troubling because the content is unverifiable since there's not many credible sources about the article's content. I agree that the article isn't notable enough for Wikipedia and probably can't be salvaged into something more useful. I'm a little torn on this one, but Delete --Jtalledo (talk) 00:18, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per nominator. Well-written fancruft some of it may be, but nontheless fancruft. Admins, if this does get deleted, the edit history is huge; better watch out for the load on the servers! Tonywalton  | Talk 00:22, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per nominator. DV8 2XL 00:48, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep Minor fictional characters like these are supposed to be merged into lists like this one. It's certainly better than having an article on each one. Andrew Lenahan - Starblind 01:01, September 1, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep and possibly condense if it really boils you turnips. This is essentially a list of Pokemon, with each episode of the show dealing with a different "Pokemon-thingy". Since the show's premise revolves largely around the "Pokemon-thingies", I'd say a list like this is informational about the show and not merely fancruft. User:Joylock
• Keep per Starblind. An individual article for each of the hundreds of experiments would be fancruft. This list is a much better alternative. Thatdog 03:52, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep per Starblind, Sjakkalle (Check!) 06:55, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, minor characters with such an obvious relation to each other should be covered in the same list. Fancruft is not a valid reason to delete. - Mgm|^(talk) 07:52, September 1, 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, nn, unencyclopedic. Alphax ^τεχ 08:17, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete.—Encephalon | ^ζ  11:28:43, 2005-09-01 (UTC)
• Keep per Starblind as well.--Matteh (talk) 12:33, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete, as per nominator. Weird stuff. Although I was amused by the idea of turning things into pork. Peeper 12:58, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete as per nominator Roodog2k 13:50, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep- this is precisely the way that this information should be presented.--Scimitar ^parley 14:24, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep per Scimitar

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• Keep. BodyTag 15:48, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete per nom. BillyCreamCorn 15:53, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep per Starblind and Scimitar Sam Vimes 16:04, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep or if you think it is too large, split into an article for each series. (000 series, 100 series, etc). Acetic'^Acid 17:02, September 1, 2005 (UTC)
• KEEP - per nom. UniReb 19:04, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep- not perfect, could use cleanup perhaps, but not a reason to delete it. JChamberlin 19:19, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. There is ample precident for keeping articles about major themes and lists of minor characters for works of fiction, and this is both. This is easily verifiable, from any episode guide. It is also as verifiable as any plot synopsis. ManoaChild 20:25, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
• Delete: This is, apparently, a term and incomplete list of non-appearing characters on a TV show that appears to have fairly limited audience. (I mean that the UK folks seem to have never encountered it, and even the fannish Americans appear to be at a loss about it; suggesting that this is a Buena Vista syndication that just isn't being run.) This is not, as some have argued, a list of minor characters, but a list of minor characters below the minor characters (i.e. not phylum, but race). Far too narrow, too granular, too much of concern only within a fictional universe accessible to and of concern for only fans. I.e. the hated "fancruft." Geogre 22:43, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment. Show is currently being run on the Disney Channel with new episodes still being released, a newly released DVD, and a spinoff in production. Characters are not non-appearing as they appear in the episode which featured them and in later episodes. ManoaChild 22:55, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep- per Starblind--Oppolo 23:04, 1 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep because the cruftequences of deleting make me feel ill. -Splash 01:32, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep - This obviously has to stay. This article is useful and quite well-written, so I do not consider this to be fancruft. So much work has been put in to this article. --FlyingPenguins 05:06, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
  • I disagree. This is one of the worst articles I've read. However, that doesn't merit deletion and most of the entires on that list have certainly appeared on on the series, so keep. --Apostrophe 22:21, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
• Keep. Maybe the article needs some more work, but the basic idea it covers is worthy of staying. Evil Eye 23:35, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

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